Comments on: G1 – Hot Like Fire

By: oliver boothby

oliver boothby — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:48:31 +0000

JUST WROKE UP TO MELTING PLASIC, IT WAS MY PHONE THE SAME AS THIS!!!!

WHAT DO I DO?
WHO CAN I COMPLAIN TOO?

By: meeee

meeee — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:05:42 +0000

Maybe they played Crysis?

By: Tsara

Tsara — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:06 +0000

So, just got off a call while it was charging and my battery reads as 107.96 degrees F. That seems REALLY hot to me….

(You can use the T-Mobile My Account app to see your battery temp.)

By: FisherP

FisherP — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:14:32 +0000

@moises Wouldn’t that be from the inside then?

By: moises

moises — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:15:51 +0000

What if they just took off the back cover and put a lighter under it? I think the phone is too close to the cover to make a dent like it did

By: FisherP

FisherP — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:31:14 +0000

Why don’t we wait and see if more people report this. One point that people may have missed is that the amount of heat needed to melt this type of plastic is ‘a lot’. With such heat being produced by the phone, do they mention that the phone still works? I’d be very suprised if it does, considering the soldering joints which would melt at a much lower temperature.
It is entirely possible that this has happended, considering this is where all the GPS and 3G components are. Plug in your phone and feel where the heat is generated while charging. I would hazard a guess, however, that this is most probably down to faulty circuits.
As for bubbles and pressure @Johnny Awkward and @ Quantumrand. Either can be the case. Both of you state good points in your arguments. We shall see if more people come forward. I’m personally edging my bets on a it being produced from the inside (due to the ripple effect caused when the bubble from the inside first protrudes, then contracts, causing the outer edge to ripple like a stone hitting water).

By: Johnny Awkward

Johnny Awkward — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:53:11 +0000

@Qantumrand: actually, if the inside was expanding faster than the outside, it’d generally cause the bulge to be inward. But there’s too much randomness going on to be able to accurately predict that. The picture looks realistic, and also you can see that part of the case is bulging out and part in, so it doesn’t really matter.

By: Gnurg

Gnurg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:33:37 +0000

@quan
You assume the casing is airtight?
And if the inside expands faster the bulge would go inward.
(the outside of a bubble has a larger surface area then the inside)

By: Quantumrand

Quantumrand — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:25:28 +0000

@Pieter: The heat inside the casing will create a positive pressure, thus pushing the bubble outwards. Plus, if the heat originated on the inside of the plastic, that part of the plastic would start to expand faster than the colder outer layer, causing the bulge also to be outward.

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:55 +0000

Use internet while charging continuously for about 3 hours,both the charging circuitry and battery will get extremely hot,
but i dont know if that is enough for a meltdown.(dont have a handson experience with g1,still waiting for my first android may be a dragon now)

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:24:18 +0000

since this is the newest post, and also a fairly uninteresting one (turn gps, wifi, 3g, 100% brightness on while charging your phone and then using 10 apps at once will melt your phone), im gonna take this opportunity to voice my concern for the “apps” tab up there ^^^. ive been checking in “the coming hours/days”…NOTHING IS HAPPENING!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:00:29 +0000

My phone gets extremely hot in that place when I have GPS on, 3G on, and it is plugged in to my car. I’m sure it has a lot to do with charging, but using 3G, GPS, and having the screen on 100% of the time will run your battery down in a few hours…

By: deezle

deezle — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:32:07 +0000

Yeah,heavy usage and car charging bring up the temp in about that region of my u.s. tmo g1,too.But i got donut today @ 1:30 p!in response to a previous post,rob,i’m waiting to see that x3!(or now maybe dragon!)all i know is that after almost a year with my g1,the replacement needs to be king freakin kong.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:25:44 +0000

Hmm, this makes me think…
My G1′s battery sometimes gets a little hot, and then I see this…
Well all I can do is hope it doesn’t do the same, lol. Or turn it off if it starts cooking.

By: glyco

glyco — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:53:28 +0000

@rat: nothing, other than timing. this was the most recent article, and the event just happened. everybody remain calm.